Dr. Christi Patton

Thank you, Stan, for passing it off to me. We have Dr. Christy Patton. She is a licensed clinical psychologist. She's a professor of psychology and director of the Behavioral Health Research Program and the Rural Health Core at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She grew up in Minneapolis and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at Augsburg College.

Thank you, Stan, for passing it off to me. We have Dr. Christy Patton. She is a licensed clinical psychologist. She's a professor of psychology and director of the Behavioral Health Research Program and the Rural Health Core at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She grew up in Minneapolis and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at Augsburg College.

Her research team focuses on community-based participatory research to develop culturally aligned behavioral intervention for smoking cessation and other health promotion interventions among indigenous people and other communities. She is in partnership with Michelle Allen and Rachel Hardiman at the University of Minnesota.

Her research team focuses on community-based participatory research to develop culturally aligned behavioral intervention for smoking cessation and other health promotion interventions among indigenous people and other communities. She is in partnership with Michelle Allen and Rachel Hardiman at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Patton co-leads a large grant from the NIH called C to Dream Center for Chronic Disease Reduction and Equity Promotion across Minnesota. Dr. Patton also served as recent co-chair of the Health Experiences Network for the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and has held many other leadership roles nationally.

Dr. Patton co-leads a large grant from the NIH called C to Dream Center for Chronic Disease Reduction and Equity Promotion across Minnesota. Dr. Patton also served as recent co-chair of the Health Experiences Network for the Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and has held many other leadership roles nationally.

Now, I'm excited about this because I knew of Dr. Patton, but I had never had the chance to meet her until very recently. And we had a chance to sit down and just kind of talk a little bit about, you know, work and talk a little bit about community, talk a little bit about ourselves.

Now, I'm excited about this because I knew of Dr. Patton, but I had never had the chance to meet her until very recently. And we had a chance to sit down and just kind of talk a little bit about, you know, work and talk a little bit about community, talk a little bit about ourselves.

And so having this opportunity, when I found out that she was involved in tobacco research, I felt it was a great show for us to have here on Health Chatter. Now, I want to say a couple of things before I bring Dr. Patton on. Our research team came up with two different programs. themes are two different topics to lead off our research.

And so having this opportunity, when I found out that she was involved in tobacco research, I felt it was a great show for us to have here on Health Chatter. Now, I want to say a couple of things before I bring Dr. Patton on. Our research team came up with two different programs. themes are two different topics to lead off our research.

He says, after decades of research and proven tobacco control efforts, tobacco use has sealed the leading cause of preventable deaths and diseases in the U.S. And the second point that they made was that most tobacco products use begins in adolescence. Now, of course, that took me back because when I was younger, and I know I'm dating myself, but when I was younger, I remember the Marlboro Man.

He says, after decades of research and proven tobacco control efforts, tobacco use has sealed the leading cause of preventable deaths and diseases in the U.S. And the second point that they made was that most tobacco products use begins in adolescence. Now, of course, that took me back because when I was younger, and I know I'm dating myself, but when I was younger, I remember the Marlboro Man.

He'd come in riding his horse, and he'd come smoking his cigarette. And I remember my father, he smoked pale milk, Paul Mall. I don't know what it was. But it was real strong tobacco. And I remember one time I took one from him and went down to the basement. And I started smoking that thing, and I got drunk and high as I could be. I don't know. Maybe that's why I don't do tobacco right now.

He'd come in riding his horse, and he'd come smoking his cigarette. And I remember my father, he smoked pale milk, Paul Mall. I don't know what it was. But it was real strong tobacco. And I remember one time I took one from him and went down to the basement. And I started smoking that thing, and I got drunk and high as I could be. I don't know. Maybe that's why I don't do tobacco right now.

My friends, when I was going to school, they smoked cool. Everybody that was cool smoked cool. My other friends smoked Winston-Salem's. And TV was just filled with people smoking in the boardrooms, smoking down the street. So tobacco, you know, as Stan, as you just said a little bit earlier, we've been talking about this thing for a long, long time and it's still here.

My friends, when I was going to school, they smoked cool. Everybody that was cool smoked cool. My other friends smoked Winston-Salem's. And TV was just filled with people smoking in the boardrooms, smoking down the street. So tobacco, you know, as Stan, as you just said a little bit earlier, we've been talking about this thing for a long, long time and it's still here.

And then I just want to just say, I just want to ask Dr. Patton to start off with this is this, when did we find out how dangerous tobacco was?

And then I just want to just say, I just want to ask Dr. Patton to start off with this is this, when did we find out how dangerous tobacco was?

There have been decades of research on that topic. I almost think about e-cigarettes and kind of a similar stage where we're not certain about the long-term health effects, let alone the short-term health effects. So due to research, we've been conducting studies since 1960s or so on the health effects of tobacco. And I think alongside with that study,

There have been decades of research on that topic. I almost think about e-cigarettes and kind of a similar stage where we're not certain about the long-term health effects, let alone the short-term health effects. So due to research, we've been conducting studies since 1960s or so on the health effects of tobacco. And I think alongside with that study,